Reply #21: Here's what happened:

[Seabiscuit]

"What happened to the big tent party that welcomes diversity?"

The takeover of the party by the corporate-backed DLC happened, that's what. They oppose gays, minorities, civil rights, civil liberties, small businesses, small farmers, etc., i.e. traditional "liberal" values in favor of sucking up to corporate interests.

They are the ones who voted for the IWR. They are the ones who have lost seats to Republicans for the past 10 years, and they are the ones who have lost the Presidency two elections in a row, by trying to appeal to rednecks (a losing strategy) while protecting their corporate backers.

We can't take back our country until we take back our party from the DLC. They must go!

I say vote the bastids out. If you want to call that a "purge", so be it. I call it "reform".